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Action Comics (1938)
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#544
DC Comics
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Editor(s):
Karen Berger
E. Nelson Bridwell
Dick Giordano
Joe Orlando
Julius Schwartz
Cover Artist(s):
Dick Giordano
Gil Kane
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Cover Date:
June 1983
Cover Price:
US $1.50
Issue Tagline:
The Cosmos-Quaking Origins Of The New Luthor & Brainiac
Format:
Color; Standard Comic Issue; 64 pages
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Reprinted/Collected in:
Adventures Of Superman: Gil Kane (2012) HC
The Best of DC (1979) #50
Superman Vs. Brainiac (2008) TPB
Superman Vs. Lex Luthor (2006) TPB
Notes:
45th Anniversary Issue with a pin up of the new look Lex Luthor by George Perez and new look Brainiac by Ed Hannigan and Dick Giordano. A special write up by Jerry Siegel and a pin up by Joe Shuster.
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"Luthor Unleashed!"
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Writer(s):
Cary Bates
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Curt Douglas Swan
Inker(s):
Murphy Anderson
Colorist(s):
Anthony Tollin
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Ben Oda
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Ardora of Lexor (Earth-1)
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"The New Luthor"
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Penciller(s):
George Pérez
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1 page of the new Lex Luthor uniform.
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"Happy 45th Anniversary, Superman!"
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Writer(s):
Jerome 'Jerry' Siegel
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3 page history of creating Superman by Jerry Siegel.
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Writer(s):
Marv Wolfman
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Gil Kane
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Gene D'Angelo
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Ed J. Hannigan
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